Lord, Teach Us to Pray
Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel (Read Lk 11:1-13) St. Luke tells us that once, as Jesus’ disciples observed Him at prayer, one of them asked Him to teach them to pray, too. The setting here is quite different from St. Matthew’s first report on the Lord’s Prayer. There, Jesus instructed the multitudes in […]
Using half the bandwidth of the Apostle’s Creed, Jesus taught them how to call upon resources they would soon need: This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also […]
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